diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 968082d7..33984e45 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # ChangeLog for Gentoo System Intialization ("rc") scripts
 # Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPLv2
 
+  16 Apr 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
+
+  	Don't search for a space after interface names in /proc/net, #174792
+	thanks to Mike Auty.
+
   13 Apr 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
 
 	Fix module loading, #174360.
diff --git a/net.Linux/ifconfig.sh b/net.Linux/ifconfig.sh
index 0b0af979..68590bbe 100644
--- a/net.Linux/ifconfig.sh
+++ b/net.Linux/ifconfig.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _down() {
 }
 
 _exists() {
-	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:[[:space:]]*" /proc/net/dev
+	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:" /proc/net/dev
 }
 
 _ifindex() {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _ifindex() {
 		i=$((${i} + 1))
 		[ ${i} -lt 1 ] && continue
 		case "${line}" in
-			"${IFACE}: "*) echo "${i}"; return 0;;
+			"${IFACE}:"*) echo "${i}"; return 0;;
 		esac
 	done < /proc/net/dev
 	return 1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ _is_wireless() {
 	[ -d /sys/class/net/"${IFACE}"/wireless ] && return 0
 
 	[ ! -e /proc/net/wireless ] && return 1
-	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:[[:space:]]+" /proc/net/wireless
+	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:" /proc/net/wireless
 }
 
 _get_mac_address() {
diff --git a/net.Linux/iproute2.sh b/net.Linux/iproute2.sh
index ccab1dbf..2c02b40d 100644
--- a/net.Linux/iproute2.sh
+++ b/net.Linux/iproute2.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ iproute2_depend() {
 	after ifconfig
 }
 
-
 _up() {
 	ip link set up dev "${IFACE}"
 }
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ _down() {
 }
 
 _exists() {
-	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:[[:space:]]*" /proc/net/dev
+	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:" /proc/net/dev
 }
 
 _ifindex() {
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ _ifindex() {
 		i=$((${i} + 1))
 		[ ${i} -lt 1 ] && continue
 		case "${line}" in
-			"${IFACE}: "*) echo "${i}"; return 0;;
+			"${IFACE}:"*) echo "${i}"; return 0;;
 		esac
 	done < /proc/net/dev
 	return 1
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ _is_wireless() {
 	[ -d /sys/class/net/"${IFACE}"/wireless ] && return 0
 
 	[ ! -e /proc/net/wireless ] && return 1
-	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:[[:space:]]+" /proc/net/wireless
+	grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*${IFACE}:" /proc/net/wireless
 }
 
 _get_mac_address() {